Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost.

Words are like money; there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use.

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.